Mapex bass drum pedal used by Will Calhoun: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mapex bass drum pedal used by Will Calhoun: Date: 2005. Manufactured by: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989. Used by: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964.
The object in the museum catalogue
A metal and rubber Mapex P700 bass drum foot pedal played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The base of the pedal is black metal with a raised steel foot-plate with embedded rubber which is stamped with the Mapex logo. The foot-plate is attached at the toe to a chain drive, which is in turn attached to the beater. The beater is black plastic and has both wood and felt striker sections.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2005
- Manufactured by: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989
- Used by: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
- Type: pedals
- Medium: metal, plastic
- Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (21.6 × 14.6 × 35.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Object number: 2015.14.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Will Calhoun
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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